[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 56 (Monday, March 23, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 16231-16232]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-05399]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation

7 CFR Parts 1412 and 1437

[Docket No. CCC-2019-0005; Docket ID FSA-2019-0008]
RIN 0560-AI45; 0560-AI48


Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage Programs and 
Noninsured Crop Assistance Program; Correction

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation and Farm Service Agency, USDA.

ACTION: Correcting amendment.

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SUMMARY: This document corrects regulations that were published in the 
Federal Register on September 3, 2019, and March 2, 2020. The rules 
revised the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage 
(PLC) Programs and Noninsured Crop Assistance Program (NAP) to 
implement changes required by the Agriculture

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Improvement Act of 2018 (the 2018 Farm Bill). There were errors in 
three of the definitions in ARC and PLC program rule. The Commodity 
Credit Corporation (CCC) is also correcting one sentence in the NAP 
rule.

DATES: Effective March 23, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Ann Ball; telephone: (202) 720-
4283, email address: [email protected]. Persons with disabilities 
who require alternative means for communication should contact the USDA 
Target Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice only).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Correcting Amendment to Regulations

    The ARC and PLC final rule was published in the Federal Register on 
September 3, 2019 (84 FR 45877-45895). CCC made an error in the 
definitions of ``ARC guarantee,'' ``Benchmark revenue for ARC-IC,'' and 
``Temperate japonica rice'' in the final rule. In the definition for 
ARC guarantee, the phrase ``86 percent of the benchmark revenue'' was 
removed the first time it appeared in the definition, but it should 
have been specified as the second occurrence in the definition that was 
no longer needed. In the definition for Benchmark revenue for ARC-IC, 
there was a typo. In the definition of Temperate japonica rice, 
paragraph (2) needed to be changed to be consistent with section 1106 
of the 2018 Farm Bill. This rule corrects those errors.
    The NAP final rule was published in the Federal Register on March 
2, 2020 (85 FR 12213-12221). The last sentence needs to be revised in 
Sec.  1437.8(a) in NAP regulation.

List of Subjects

7 CFR Part 1412

    Cotton, Feed grains, Oilseeds, Peanuts, Price support programs, 
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Rice, Soil conservation, 
Wheat.

7 CFR Part 1437

    Acreage allotments, Agricultural commodities, Crop insurance, 
Disaster assistance, Fraud, Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements.

    For the reasons discussed above, CCC corrects 7 CFR parts 1412 and 
1437 as follows:

PART 1412--AGRICULTURE RISK COVERAGE, PRICE LOSS COVERAGE, AND 
COTTON TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

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1. The authority citation for part 1412 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1508b, 7911-7912, 7916, 8702, 8711-8712, 
8751-8752, and 15 U.S.C. 714b and 714c.

Subpart D--ARC and PLC Contract Terms and Enrollment Provisions for 
Covered Commodities

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2. Amend Sec.  1412.3 as follows:
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a. Revise the definition of ``ARC guarantee'';
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b. In the definition of ``Benchmark revenue for ARC-IC'', remove the 
word ``allcovered'' and add the words ``all covered'' in its place; and
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c. In the definition of ``Temperate japonica rice'', revise paragraph 
(2).
    The revisions read as follows:


Sec.  1412.3   Definitions.

* * * * *
    ARC guarantee is calculated for a crop year for a covered 
commodity, and is equal to 86 percent of the benchmark revenue for ARC-
CO and ARC-IC, as defined in this part.
* * * * *
    Temperate japonica rice * * *
    (2) Establishment of a reference price equal to the medium grain 
rice reference price multiplied by the ratio obtained by dividing:
    (i) The simple average of the marketing year average price of 
medium grain rice from the 2012 through 2016 crop years, by
    (ii) The simple average of the marketing year average price of all 
rice from the 2012 through 2016 crop years; and
* * * * *

PART 1437--NONINSURED CROP DISASTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

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3. The authority citation for part 1437 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1501-1508 and 7333; 15 U.S.C. 714-714m; 19 
U.S.C. 2497, and 48 U.S.C. 1469a.

Subpart A--General Provisions

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4. Amend Sec.  1437.8 by revising the last sentence in paragraph (a) 
introductory text to read as follows:


Sec.  1437.8   Records.

    (a) * * * Certifications must be accompanied by a record of 
production; records of production acceptable to FSA may include:
* * * * *

Robert Stephenson,
Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
    In accordance:
Richard Fordyce,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. 2020-05399 Filed 3-20-20; 8:45 am]
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